My View: Key Club's filings will benefit the Key
September 19, 2012
Why it is good news for Longboat Key that the Longboat Key Club has decided to re-file its plans for redevelopment.
My View: Yes, they built businesses; I've seen it firsthand
September 19, 2012
I was paying the owner of a Lake Cumberland, Ky., boat store for fixing the fuel gauge on our boat.
Our View: 'The Debt Bomb'
September 12, 2012
No one knows exactly when, but every day Congress and the president refuse to CUT spending meaningfully — actually reducing spending below the previous year — the the explosion grows nearer.
Letters to the Editor
September 12, 2012
Give credit to those who fought the farce; Unworthy of public trust; Time to apply again;
My View: Lessons learned? Or not? We shall see
September 12, 2012
Perhaps Ocean Properties' involvement in the Longboat Key Club can end the impasse with a project acceptable to IPOC and benefits the Key.
Don’t give up; lessons learned
September 5, 2012
It’s probably human nature to engage in that old cliche, “Monday morning quarterbacking” — second-guessing how and why your team lost.
Our View: Quid pro quo at the Colony
August 29, 2012
It would not be fun to be a Longboat Key town commissioner next Tuesday night. If you were, you very well could be asked to cast a difficult vote — whether to deny the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association a third extension of the deadline to reopen some of the tourism units at the shuttered resort.
Market Watch: Government destroyed the economy — here's how to revive it
August 29, 2012
In the early 1970s, the Nixon administration refused to transfer gold from our Federal Reserve System to France, in settlement for a pool of dollars that existed in French banks that President Charles DeGalle wanted redeemed for gold.
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Hat's off to Dee Pelton, volunteers
05/15/13
Dee Pelton held a luncheon that will be tough to top. -
Youth sailors descend on City Island
05/15/13
Approximately 250 people hit the water Saturday, April 20 through Sunday, April 21, for Sailfest. The regatta, Sarasota Youth Sailing's biggest fundraiser of the year, included four classes of competition — Optimus, 420, Laser and Multi-hull — and a barbecue feast. -
Book club sunsets for the season
05/15/13
The Sunset Beach Book Club, in its 10th year, ended this season with a luncheon and discussion of the book “Gone Girl,” by Gillian Flynn, April 18, at Lazy Lobster. Discussion moderator was Ricki Carroll. Together, the group read five books this season.
